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Theft at Mohali: Cash, gold, silver ornaments and household items were stolen from a house in Jhujhar Nagar. Lalit Bhardwaj, owner of the house, said his family had gone to Himachal Pradesh on May 31 and came back on Tuesday. He found the lock on the gate broken by thieves. On entering the house he saw that it had been ransacked. Things were lying scattered as thieves searched the house for valuables. He said the thieves had decamped with Rs 10,000, gold and silver ornaments and other household items. A complaint to the police was made in this regard. NAYAGAON
Office-bearers elected: Dhanna Singh has been elected president of the Gobind Vihaar Residents’ Welfare Association, Kansal. Sant Ram is vice-president, Ujagar Singh is secretary, G.C. Bhatti has been appointed joint secretary while Manu Sharma is cashier. PANCHKULA
Poll commissioner bereaved: Dr V.P. Dubey, former Punjab IAS officer and elder brother of A.K. Dubey, Punjab state election commissioner, died at GMCH-32, Chandigarh, on Sunday following a brief illness .He was 76. After his retirement, Dubey worked as a member of the Punjab Public Service Commission and professor at Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh. His son Naresh Dubey is assistant excise and taxation commissioner in Punjab. His kirya will take place at Shiv Mandi, Sector 9, on June 20 from 2 pm to 3 pm. ZIRAKPUR
Rs 1.5 lakh stolen: Thieves decamped with jewellery and cash after breaking into a locked house in Dhakoli on Tuesday. According to the local police, Tej Pal, a resident of Dhakoli, who was out of station since the past few days, alleged that he found the locks of his house broken open when he came back. The owner informed the police that jewellery worth Rs 1.50 lakh and Rs 70,000 cash was missing. A case has been registered.
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AMBALA
Jewellery, cash stolen: Thieves took away jewellery and cash from Sai Baba temple at Ambala City late Monday night. The temple priest noticed the incident on Tuesday morning. He found the locks of the main gate tampered with. The donation box of the temple was also broken. He informed president of the temple management committee Ravinder Kumar. Kumar said the thieves took away around 7 kg of silver jewellery and Rs 40,000 cash from the temple. The matter has been reported to the police.
New commissioner: Mohinder Kumar, a 1992 IAS Haryana batch officer, took charge as commissioner of Ambala Division on Tuesday. Kumar (55) earlier held the post of deputy commissioner of
Ambala, Jhajjar, Rewari, Bhiwani and Panipat. He had joined the HCS in 1979. Addressing the media on Tuesday, he stated that his top priority would be to fight female feoticide in the district and division. He also emphasised on carrying forward and implementing the state governments policies.
REWARI
2 women held: The police on a tip off arrested two women of the Bawaria tribe during a raid in a temple complex near the Civil Hospital here on Monday. A knife was also seized from their possession. The women had reportedly made a bid to loot a woman’s purse in the Punjabi market. The women have been identified as Sarita (55) and her married daughter Rekha (30), residents of Mandola village. They were remanded in judicial custody on Tuesday.
Raghu Yadav’s yatra: Former legislator Raghu
Yadav, president of the Sarvjati Janata Panchayat, a political outfit of south
Haryana, along with a large number of party activists began the second phase of his “Nigrani (vigilance) padyatra” from Gothara village, 22 km from here, on Monday. Addressing village-level meetings on the route, Yadav said the government announcement regarding the establishment of the Sainik School in Rewari was commendable. YAMUNANAGAR
HJC campaign from June 15: The Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) will launch a “Jan jagran abhiyan” in the state to mobilise support for the party and tell people about the failure of the state and union governments on all fronts from June 15. The district unit of the HJC chalked out a plan during a meeting held here on Monday.
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Govt criticised: The state non-gazetted employees federation has criticised the Central Government for its wrong economic policies, which have ultimately resulted in present unprecedented rise in prices of essentials. Addressing mediapersons here on Tuesday, federation state president Ram Singh accompanied by six NGO leaders said the employees and labour have been the most hard hit along with common man with this price rise and the Centre had no explanation how it is going to compensate them for this unfortunate situation.
Ghumarwin NP chief: Reeta Sehgal, a member from ward No. 5 in Ghumarwin, was unanimously elected president of the Ghumarwin Nagar Panchayat (NP) on Monday. Earlier, some members revolted against president Satpal, resulting in his removal from this post. The meeting was presided over by SDM Sumit Khimta. This post is reserved for a member of the Scheduled Castes.
Foundation day:
Chetna, a prominent social organisation of this area, organised its annual foundation day here on Tuesday. Retd DIG Ashok Vaidya presided over it. Special children presented a programme on cultural songs and dances.
CHAMBA
2 killed in mishap: Two persons were killed when their car (PB-5404) plunged into the
Ravi, near Gehra, about 35 km from here, on Tuesday. Those killed were Shashi and
Sanju, residents of nearby villages. The bodies were later on fished out from the river. HAMIRPUR
Suicide: Shushma (29), a resident of Kakroh village, committed suicide here on Monday night by eating some poisonous substance. She has left behind two children. She was found unconscious by her family members and was admitted to the Government Hospital, Bhoranj, where she was declared dead. Short-term
course: A week-long course on ‘Hands on Practice in Electrical and Electronics Equipments’, organised by the Electrical Engineering Department of NIT, was inaugurated on Monday by director of the institute R.L. Sharma. He stressed on the need of such short-term courses under the Technical Quality Improvement
Programme.
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JAMMU
Jawan goes missing: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan reportedly went missing from his place of posting at Sunderbani in Rajouri district, police sources said on Tuesday. Constable Daleep Kumar of “A Company” of the 52 BSF Battalion in
Sunderbani, went missing on June 6, they said. Daleep belonged to Kerala and was posted at Sunderbani since the past one year.
SRINAGAR
2 die in mishap: Two persons were killed and three others were injured in the Kashmir valley on Tuesday. Official sources said three persons were injured when a truck collided with a tractor at Mirbazar on the national highway. Injured Javed Ahmad Bhat and Rayees Ahmad succumbed to their injuries at a hospital. The third injured Bashir Ahmad was referred to the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) at Soura. Meanwhile, Hajra (53) was injured when a truck hit her near Shampora, while another woman, Kulsuma, was injured in a road mishap on the Srinagar-Leh national highway. Two ultras killed: Two militants were killed and three soldiers were injured in an encounter in north Kashmir on Monday night. Official sources said the 8 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry conducted a search operation near Hanuman Post in the Kupwara district, following a tip-off, about the presence of the militants. Later, an encounter ensued in which two militants were killed and three soldiers were injured. Jawan commits suicide: A jawan of the Central Reserve Police Force allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in central Kashmir on Tuesday. Police sources said constable Lal Singh of the 89th Battalion shot himself while he was on duty at the Khan Sahib camp in Budgam district. The police had started investigations and was trying to ascertain the motive behind the incident.
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